Amish Woman and Police Officer...

An Amish woman was driving her buggy to town when a highway patrol officer stopped her. "I'm not going to cite you," said the officer. "I just wanted to warn you that the reflector on the back of your buggy is broken and it could be dangerous."

"I thank thee," replied the Amish lady. "I shall have my husband repair it as soon as I return home."

"Also," said the officer, "I noticed one of your reins to your horse is wrapped around his testicles. Some people might consider this cruelty to animals so you should have your husband check that too."

"Again I thank thee. I shall have my husband check this when I get home.

"True to her word, when the Amish lady got home, she told her husband about the broken reflector. He said he would put a new one on immediately. "Also," said the Amish woman, "the policeman said there was something wrong with the emergency brake."

how did humans come up with so many different gods and so many different versions of what we've gotta do to stop him/her/it taking us out in a fit of heavenly pique? do the amish want to live like that or do they think it's required by their god so they reluctantly comply? what starts people off thinking like this when there's nothing at all to indicate that it might be the way it is. based on nothing but speculation, humans decide there's definitely a god and he/she/it definitely wants strict obedience to a certain set of rules that are definitely straight from the god's own thoughts. I think, if we're going to survive the debacle we've got ourselves into, we've gotta drop thinking like this. it's not going to serve us well when it's the law of the jungle.

yeah, I know it's just a joke. what can I tell you, that's where my thinking went. it also went to the place where your reply comes from and found much to like. unfortunately, the lure of the pretentious, pseudo intellectual rant was too strong. you're right. I need to lighten up.